Improvement in bale-ties



G. T. P-ITTMAN. Bale-Tie.

No. 211,925; Patented Feb. 4,1879.

W iwsses, fiwerafwz NPETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES ATENT GEORGE T. PITTMAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 211,925, dated February 4, 1879; application filed December 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. PITTMAN, of the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, have invented a certain Improvement in Bale- Ties, of which the following is a specification:

My improvement consists in so constructing a bale-tie as to produce a simple and strong fastening in one piece, easily formed, durable, and convenient in its application, and cheap in price.

The construction and conformation hereinafter described are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is one form of blank cut from the plate; Fig. 2, the blank bent into a finished tie.

F m a: are dotted lines, showing the bands in ig. l.

The blank, Fig. 1, is punched from a plate of metal, with an oblong slot, a, or a recess,

in it, and two projecting side pieces, I), the

bases d of which are inclined, the ends 0 being GEO. T. PITTMAN.

Witnesses TEMPLE BODLEY, J. R. DUPUY.

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